#E4C166#E4C166
#E4C166 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.117 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4C166 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 193, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(43, 70%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(43, 55%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 55.3%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.38, 1.61, 49.86) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.38, 49.88, 88.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.29% 0.0027 0.1173) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.29% 0.117 88.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.4654, 55.5960, 20.4827) |
| Luminance | 0.5559 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.67
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.52
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 5.60
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 5.79
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.84
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 6.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4C166 #6689E4
analogous
#E48266 #E4C166 #C8E466
triadic
#E4C166 #66E4C1 #C166E4
tetradic
#E4C166 #66E482 #6689E4 #E466C8
square
#E4C166 #66E482 #6689E4 #E466C8
split-complementary
#E4C166 #66C8E4 #8266E4
monochromatic
#B0881F #DBAC32 #E4C166 #EDD69A #F6EBCE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.73
#E4C166 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.12
#E4C166 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E4C166
12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4C166 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4C166 | 1.00 | 1.73 | 12.12 | 12.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.73 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3BF5E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC969
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5B4AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4c166; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 193, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.117 88.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efd394',
500: '#e4c166',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4c166; $custom-light: #efd394; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4c166",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 193,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.333,
"s": 70,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82294,
"c": 0.1173,
"h": 88.7
},
"luminance": 0.55593
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4C166
secondary
#3D5DB1
accent
#48D214
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F